Faucet connecter



Jan. l?, 1933s c. A. scHAcHT 1,894,711

FAUCET CONNECTER Filed March 19, 1952 HOHNA Patented Jan. L17,- 1933- UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE CLIFFORD A. SCHACHT, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIEANA FAUCET CONNECTER Application led March 19, 1932. Serial No. 600,009.

rihis invention is a novel improvement in faucet connecters, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a connecter especially adapted for readily connecting the rubber hose of bath or kitchen sprays and the like to different sizes and shapes of faucets whether oval or round.

Heretofore connecters have been used to Yfasten spray hose to faucets, but suchcon- 1G necters were only adapted to fit a single size or shape of faucet, and were not adapted to fit Various different shapes or sizes, and therefore it wasnecessary to know the particular size of faucet before selecting-- a connecter which would be suitable 4for the faucet.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a connecter of the above type having ,a softrubber bushing, with means to cause the connecter to expand under the pressure of 2 the water and tightly clamp against the faucet and casing, the insert having double annular Walls, one of which fits tightly around the faucet and the other snugly against theinner wall of the casing, to make a water-tight connection.

lI will explain the invention with reference- Fig. 3 is a Sectional perspective view of the' rubber bushing detached.

Fig-4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. I4 but showing the connecter applied to an oval faucet. As shown my novel connecter preferably comprises a metallic body l, contracted at its lower end as at lato form a nipple to receive the. rubber hose H in the usual manner. The upper enlarged portion of the body 1 is out,- wardly flared and is open and is provided with an internal annular shoulder 1b adja'` cent its upper end forming a seat for the rubber bushing 2.

The rubber bushing 2 is preferably molded of soft rubber, and comprises a disk 2 (Fig.

3) of size to fit within the upper end of cas- 55 ing 1 and to 'seat upon shoulder 1b, the same. being provided with an axially disposed bore 2b and slightly countersunk as at 2a on its upper face to facilitate entry of the faucet F f in the bore. A downwardly extending an- 6 nular flange 2c surrounds the bore 2b, said flange being adapted to readily adapt itself to different sizes and shapes of faucets F l 'which may be entered into the bore 1b, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Around the flange 20 05 is a co-axial fiange 2d of larger diameter but inset from the periphery of disk 2, said flange 2d being adapted to normally engage the inner Wall of casing 1, as shown in Fig. 2.

The rubber bushing is maintained in cas- 7 ing 1 by means of cap 3 adapted to fit snugly around the upper end of casing 1, said cap having an internal annular flange 3a at its upper end adapted to overlie the-periphery of the rubber bushing. When applied to the .75

casing the lower edges` of the cap are rolled under the annular shoulder 1b as at 3b to lock the parts 1, 2 and 3 together.

When the connecter is mounted on the faucet F and the Water pressure ap lied, the ,80

water or liquid pressure between t e flanges 2cand2d of the bushing will force said flanges apart, the inner flange 2c being forced tightly against the faucet to cause the iiange to'snugly engage the faucet and prevent leaka e of water upwardly between flange 2c an the faucet, while 'the outer flange 2d will be pressed-firmly against the inner wall of the 1 casing'and prevent the water from leaking between the rubber bushing andthe casing. 9

The faucet need not necessarily be of circular cross-section,.but may be oval as at F in Fig. 5, or anyother shape, as the bushing being f soft rubber will readily adapt itself l to different sizes of faucets as well as to different shapes of faucets.

A faucet connecter comprisin a casing having an outlet nipple at one en the other end being outwardly flared and having an 10 annular shoulder; a rubber bushing seating upon the shoulder and having a centrallyy disosed ollening to receive the end of the aucet; t e face of the bushin adjacent .the

o nin bein countersunk to acilitate entry o the aucet into the openin a cap for locking the bushing to the shoul er, the ca'p having its lower ed e rolled under the shoulder to compress the ushin between the cap and xo shoulder; an annular ange onthe bushing within the casing surrounding the o ening and adapted to engage the faucet; an a second annular ilange surrounding the first y flange and engaging the inner wall of the casing, whereby the water pressure within 4 the casing will force the flanges against the faucet and casing walls res ct'lvel CLIFFORD SCH CHT. 

